ERA@BSG 2011

Workshop with Professor Norah Keating, University of Alberta, Canada

Seminar with Professor Frank Whittington, George Mason University, USA

University of Plymouth
July 4th 2011 13:00 – 17:00

The British Society of Gerontology's Emerging Researchers in Ageing is pleased to announce a pre-conference workshop and seminar to be held on July 4th 2011 at the University of Plymouth.

The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Norah Keating on ‘Career Pathways in and through academia’. This workshop offers the unique opportunity to learn from individual experiences of entering and surviving academic life from past-Presidents of the BSG and other academics in both early, mid and established career stages.

The seminar will be delivered by Professor Frank Whittington and will draw upon his experience on the editorial board and as book review editor of the Gerontologist. Professor Whittington will offer his extensive experience concerning how to write for publication and what editors and book reviewers look for in publications.

This event is FREE but places are limited

Accommodation for the night of 4th July may be arranged at your own expense via the BSG 2011 conference website;
BSG Conference 2011.

To register complete the registration form below and return to C.L.Beech@swansea.ac.uk

ERA@BSG 2011
‘A Living Library’

University of Plymouth, July 5th 2011 15:40 – 16:55

REGISTRATION CLOSES @ 5 p.m. ON MONDAY JUNE 27th

The British Society of Gerontology's Emerging Researchers in Ageing is pleased to offer early career researchers and those new to the field of ageing an exciting opportunity to meet with a range of seasoned and eminent academics in a ‘speed-dating’ type event. Participants will be allowed a brief period of time talking with panel members either individually or in pairs (depending on numbers of participants) before being required to move on to the next panel member.

The present line up of panel members (including areas of interest) is as follows*:

Bridget Penhale (UK) – Elder abuse; domestic and intimate partner violence
Anthea Tinker (UK) – Social Gerontology; community care
Robin Means (UK) – Social Gerontology; health and social care interface
Christina Victor (UK)– Social Gerontology; health services research
Sheila Peace (UK) – Environment & ageing; intergenerational social interaction
Julia Twigg (UK) – Cultural Gerontology; older women, embodiment & clothing
Judith Phillips(UK) – Social aspects of ageing; intergenerational networks
Tony Warnes (UK) – Demography of ageing societies; assistive technologies
Mary Gilhooly (UK) – Quality of life; dementia; healthy ageing
Gary Kenyon (CA) – Ageing & spirituality; death & dying
William Randall (CA) – Narrative Gerontology
Ernst Bohlmaijer (NL) – Life review & story
Vanessa Burholt (UK) – Social Gerontology; families & migration; rural ageing
Mim Bernard (UK) – Women & ageing; representations & recollections of ageing

Places are limited for this event so prompt registration is advisable
To register your interest, complete the form below and return to C.L.Beech@swansea.ac.uk